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This study was conducted as a component under the regional technical assistance project on Enhancing Social Protection Initiatives in Developing Member Countries funded under a regional technical assistance. The authors greatly appreciate the feedback and views of the following key stakeholders on the proposed SAPF during country field visits and at the South Asia–level stakeholders’ workshop hosted at ADB headquarters in September 2010:

From Bangladesh: (i) Ministry of Finance: Arastoo Khan, additional secretary of the Budget, Treasury and Debt Management Wing, Finance Department; Ranjit Kumar Chakraborty, additional secretary, Budget and Expenditure Control, Finance Division; Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, joint secretary, Treasury and Debt Management Wing and Finance Department; and Shubhashish Bose, joint secretary, Finance Division; (ii) Gregory Chen, regional representative for South Asia, C-GAP; (iii) BRAC Bank: Muhammad A. Ali, chairman; Shabbir A. Chowdhury, director of microfinance; Shameran Abed, program manager—microfinance; (iv) Shahnila Azher, private sector adviser, Department for International Development; (iv) Grameen Bank: Dipal C. Barua, managing director, Grameen Shakti; A.S.M. Mohiuddin, deputy general manager and chief of the Co-ordination and Operation Department; Mohd. Wasim Reza, assistant general manager and head of IT, Grameen Shakti;

From India: (i) K.P. Krishnan, secretary to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council; (ii) Ministry of Finance: Tarun Bajaj, joint secretary of insurance and pension reforms, Department of Financial Services; Shashank Saksena, director of capital markets and pension reforms, Department of Financial Services; (iii) Ajay Shah, senior fellow, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; (iv) Vijay Mahajan, chairman, BASIX; (v) U. K. Sinha, chairman and managing director, UTI Asset Management Company Limited; (vi) Dhirendra Swarup, chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority; (vii) A. Viswanathan, central provident fund commissioner, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, Ministry of Labour and Employment; (vi) Jayshreeben Vyas, managing director, SEWA Bank; and (vii) Ashish Aggarwal, executive director, Invest India Micro Pension Services;

From Nepal: (i) Ministry of Finance: Krishna Hari Baskota, secretary (revenue); Avanindra Kumar Shrestha, financial comptroller general of Nepal; Bodh Raj Niroula, joint secretary; Durgesh Kumar Pradhan, under secretary (pension reforms); Hemantha Raj Niroula, finance officer, Financial Comptroller General’s Office; (ii) Employees Provident Fund: Ramesh Kumar Bhattarai, administrator and chief executive officer; Radha Krishna Pote, deputy chief executive officer;

From Pakistan: Sharifullah Khan, director general, Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues; Ali Zaheer, additional chief secretary, Government of Balochistan; Shahibzada Saeed Ahmad, finance secretary, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkwa; Nasir Whaind, consulting actuary, Associate of the Society of Actuaries;

From Sri Lanka: (i) Ministry of Finance and Planning: R.A. Jayatissa, senior economic policy advisor; Ayanthi De Silva, director, Social Protection Division; Andana Kithsiri Seneviratne, director, Department of National Budget; (ii) Central Bank of Sri Lanka: K.D. Ranasinghe, director, Economic Research Department; Kalyanee Gunatilake, additional superintendent; (iii) R.D.W. Pallegama, deputy director, Supervision of Non-Bank Companies, Financial Institutions Department; (iv) Hemachandra Ranathunga, additional secretary, Samurdhi, Social Welfare and ICT, Ministry of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development; (v) Azra Abdul Cader, Poverty Assessment and Knowledge Management Programme, Development and Rural Livelihood, Centre of Poverty Analysis; (vi) Sri Lanka Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank: Richard Vokes, country director; Hasitha Wickremasinghe, economist; (vii) K.A. Thilakaratne, director general, Employees’ Provident Fund; (viii) M.A. Pradeep Lal Gunawardana, deputy director of Pensions, IT and Registration, Department of Pensions; (ix) Nalaka Godahewa, managing director, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation; (x) Lasinee Seresinhe, director general, Insurance Board of Sri Lanka; (xi) Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka: Ayodya Galappattige, research officer; Nisha Arunatilake, fellow; Saman Kelegama, executive director; Roshini Jayaweera, research assistant; and (xii) H.D. Karunaratne, faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo.